The partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today welcome the resounding exoneration of four Greek journalists and publishers who faced criminal charges and potential lengthy prison sentences linked to their media outlets’ investigative reporting which unveiled the Novartis pharmaceutical scandal. The acquittals represent an important validation of watchdog journalism in Greece and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed serious concern over the recent decision by Greece’s National Transparency Authority (NTA) to continue to block the release of information about the politically-motivated allocation of state advertising funding to the media during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. IPI believes the recent rejection decision by the NTA […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists in publishing the 2022 annual report, which identifies growing challenges for media freedom across the region. While European countries still pack the first ranks in press freedom indexes, the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and other European and international press freedom and journalists’ organisations today wrote to Greek government and EU officials regarding the alarming cases of surveillance against Greek financial journalist Thanasis Koukakis.   Dear Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece Panagiotis Pikramenos, Deputy Prime Minister, Takis Theodorikakos, Minister of Civilian Protection, Konstantinos […]